Shiva is Vijay fan

The upcoming film by Pushkar-Gayathri is going to be an important film for Mirchi Shiva. After the surprise winner ‘Thamizh Padam’ Shiva had donned a different role for this. The film which was initially titled ‘Quarter Cutting’ will under go a name change soon. In this film Shiva plays the hero as a fan of Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay. Lekha Washington will be his love interest.

While talking to IndiaGlitz about the film Mirchi Shiva shared an interesting anecdote involving Ilaya Thalapathi. It goes like this. While doing the promotion for his ‘Thamizh Padam’ on a television call-in show Shiva got a call from a listener who appreciated him very much for the film.

The caller spoke as if he knew Shiva for long and was generous in his praises. It was only after a while Shiva got to know the caller was Vijay. Shiva was more than surprised at the humility of one of the biggest new generation stars and went speech less for some time.

Seeman and Vijay confirmed

Amidst his hectic political activities Seeman finds time to use cinema as well to propagate his revolutionary ideas. As the leader of the new political outfit that fights for the Tamil causes Seeman is busy like never before. But his love for the art of cinema is still huge.

Seeman's last film as a director ‘Vaazhthukkal’ staring Madhavan and Bhavana was released in 2008. Now after a gap of two years Seeman has committed a film which is tentatively titled 'Kobam'.

It will have Vijay working for the fire brand for the first time. Seeman recently confirmed the news. True to its tie ‘Kobam’ this film will also show its anger against the non-performing system which is glitter out side but rotten inside. It will have progressive messages relevant for the youth and well wisher of the land today says Seeman.

Kalaipuli S Thanu will produce the film and Chezhiyan will handle the camera.

Vijay issue resolved

According to news reaching us the issue between theatre owners and Vijay is amicably resolved. A settlement was reached with some last minute negotiations involving Nadigar Sangam also.

There was disenchantment between the actor and theatre owners after the theatre owners association raised a revolt against Vijay saying they had incurred heavy loses by screening successive Vijay films and so the actor was asked to compensate the loses in some ways.

As per the negotiations and agreement Vijay will take over the film ‘Kaavalkaran’ as a first copy basis and release it after settling the mutually accepted loses. And more the new film will be released in theaters which incurred losses screening Vijay films on priority.

‘Kaavalkaran’ is a remake of Malayalam hit ‘Bodyguard’. It also makes the return of Asin to Kollywood. The film is expected to be released in August.

TO THEATER OWNERS

The recent reaction of theatre owners after the release of Sura is one of the worst happenings in recent past. Time and situation changes everyone, but really not to this extent. The same theatres owners who once hailed Vijay as a Messiah to them, have all of sudden been projecting him as someone who has ruined their lives with unreal claims, that even God cannot approve. What really hurts is their speeches as if he hasn’t given any profit to them. Vijay is the one who always wishes that everyone from parking boy to theatre owners to distributors and his producers earn profits from his films. And he managed to achieve it number of times which even earned him the Minimum Guarantee hero status. We have a few questions to these protesting theatre owners. 1. If 5 Vijay movies continuously failed as per your claims, on what gut feeling you invested 50 lakhs in his 6th consecutive movie? This seriously lacks any logic. A Good business mind won’t commit same mistake for 6 times in a row. They still look at cashing upon his opening power and fans excitement to see collections for first few days. If they say it’s the trust they had on Vijay it is an escape statement to hide the real source of their losses and shift the blame on Vijay.

2. The 50 lakh MG concept would apply only for theatres in major cities like Chennai, Madurai, Kovai, Trichy, Salem and Nellai. Has the movie been sold for same amount to theatres located in places like Karur, Pollachi, Pazhani etc and the other rural areas of TN? We guess the rate is only according to area and projecting it as a Tamilnadu wise problem is again a media stunt.

3.What was the Ticket rates for first 2 weeks? Is any theatre following rules implemented by Govt of Tamil Nadu? People who saw the movie on 20th day paid a Ticket price of min 100. The first 5 days Ticket prices were 150,200 in many places whereas according to Govt norms it should be 50,75 even for an AC theatre. Few theatres outside Chennai has A/C only in its name. With ticket prices min of 100 till 20th day and reasonable crowd flow as confirmed by those who visit theatres, how could an owner face loss?

4. Just a Small calculation. Let’s take a Theatre capacity of around 1000. And a Vijay movie for first 10 days will have minimum 80% Crowd on an average. With theatre ticket prices at a min of 100 and Daily 4 shows, movie sold for 50lakhs. Let keep per Show 800 seats gets filled. Per day 3200 seats (Includes all 4 shows). For 10 days, 10*3200 seats= 32,000*100 ticket cost= 32,00,000.With having 60% average occupancy for next 10 days, with same calculation a theatre would get 24 lakhs back. This itself amounts to 56 lakhs returns roughly with minimum assumed values. Then where comes the claim of money? It looks more like an intentional act to degrade Vijay’s fame in Industry.

4. There is also a point mentioned by theatre owners that Kamal, Rajini, Mani Ratnam and T.R. compensated them. Let us know one thing. Did Kamal compensate for Aalavandhan or Anbe Sivam loss? He did only for Mumbai express which was his own Production. Did Rajni compensate for Kuselan loss? He did only for Baba which was his Own production. Its ages since Mani Ratnam or TR worked in a project for another producer. So its clear that everyone had compensated only for their own Production. If Vijay has been asked compensation for Aathi its fair. Claiming loss for other movies which wasn’t his own Production is heights of stupidity. If they are really failures, why would someone be willing to invest 50 lakhs on Sura after 5 failures?

5. Even after Sun pics themselves said Vettaikaran is their highest grosser, how can these people call that as a flop? If Vijay movies are been called continuous Failures, then what about most of the heroes who give a hit once in a blue moon and still rated as top heroes on par with Vijay? And calling al movies after Aathi as flops, which includes Pokkiri is he most ridiculous thing ever heard recently. And their most unrealistic claim that Sun Pictures cannot be responsible for this highlights their only motive behind all these. How can a distributor selling at a high price be responsible for their loss?!

6. The theatre owners must have forgotten that Vijay is the only hero in current generation who delivered 16 mega hits and several super hits to reach his 50th movie. The same complaining owners have looted lakhs and lakhs when Vijay delivered series of hits by setting high ticket fares, selling tickets in black on their own and providing poor facilities at high ticket rates.

Vijay is indeed the most profitable hero than any others in current generation and this was also said only by their fellow Theatre owners and also Producers and Distributors. All these media stunt looks clearly like a drama to create a negative image in the minds of people by keeping ahead false claims and provoking statements. Before pleading on basis of humanity they should have some gratitude for the person who has laid them Golden eggs when everyone else were delivering duds. When in future a time comes and Vijay delivers hits, let us see what these humanitarians speak about him and at least lets see if they have a heart to thank him for their profits

TO THE MEDIA:

The fourth estate called Media is a powerful tool in a democratic country. We respect their power to either construct or destruct with the power of their words. But are they doing justice to the articles they write? Definitely not always. Especially almost never when it comes to what they write about Vijay. Those who are their eye candies get hailed every other day and if they are biased about someone, we are sure to see double standards in their articles on them. The hatred or bias which media has been showing of late towards Vijay is really shocking and this article poses a few questions to them on this:

1. Many websites wrote that Vijay will be banned following the recent uproar about Sura from few theatre owners. Anyone with commonsense knows banning an actor directly lies within powers of Nadigar Sangam or Producers council and not Theatre owners who are empowered to issue red cards to an actor’s films and not bans. This itself is a clear example of their attitude towards Vijay and what they really expect to happen. We wonder if they can write with same cruelty about any other hero in similar situation.

2. Every now and then we see articles criticizing Vijay to the lowest levels of even abusing published in websites and few magazines using unparliamentarily language. Aren’t journalists required to have some amount of professional ethics and maintain some levels of discipline when writing about celebrities?

3. Every Vijay movie is degraded with the tagline of “Only for Vijay fans” or by giving the lowest possible star rating with all negatives highlighted. Similar type of films from their eye candy actors or those who are influential will come with a totally different tone from same reviewers, and the star rating would be unbelievably high, not worthy of its value. And the review will definitely have a line which says all negatives are overcome by the performance of so and so actor. They can instead term themselves as fan sites of particular actors which would be more justified on their part.

4. When Sun Pictures, the distributors of Vettaikaaran themselves declared it as their biggest collection grosser, these media still try to project it as a flop. When Vijay movies that have been super hits were termed as just average, average movies are termed as flops and washouts by these media. Why cant they maintain the same scale of box office analysis for their eye candy actors or influential actors?

5. Of late, there has been a new trend to write letters and requisitions for Vijay claiming it as from the point of view of a fan which are nothing but injecting negatives in the form of sugar coated words when his movies are not received well. Why can’t there be articles from the same fans’ point of view when Vijay delivers super hits, and that time, we can see only “average” and “nothing new” kind of reports which has no meaning when most fans like a film.

6. Why can the media offer free advice for actors who claim themselves as family entertainers yet act in bedroom and exposing scenes, actors who does one movie every two years and yet every time come up with similar story of one song millionaire concepts and many others who commit blunders in the name of movies which neither benefits fans nor the people in business? Why do they have to turn their fake attention to Vijay when he has already planned for the change wanted from him?

7. As for Vijay, we have to notice the first and foremost thing that he has avoided any protest that’s against Media in the past as he feels a gratitude that they are ones who strengthen his position to what he is today. Other actors who attend these protests and speak abusive things on the press and media just because they were handed over the mike, as still treated as favorites by media.

8. Vijay is always an easily approachable media friendly hero who has readily agreed for many interviews to even those magazines in the past even when he was hurt by their comments on him and his films. A recent example is his interview to Kumudham in spite of their worst review for Vettaikaaran.

9. If Vijay doing commercial movies is a sin as projected by media, why can’t they offer some guidance to actors who have been acting in similar kind of stories for past 18 odd years or those who miserably fail to deliver bankable movies in a consistent manner and doesn’t even speak openly to media?

10. The festival editions, special editions of magazines will feature an interview of Vijay. They put up series about him to boost up their sales. Yet when it comes to writing about him, it is in the most inhuman way which readily buildup a negative impression in the minds of the readers. And even when their articles are least related to Vijay they use his face on posters to draw attention. Is Vijay a commodity to boost up their sales and then thrown away when they don’t need him?

This article is not intended to ask media to support or come up with articles that always shower praises on Vijay. We want to condemn their worst attitude towards Vijay and being unmindful of the fan power he has. Its high time they stop spreading rumors and publish writings degrading him and his films. They should try to do justice to their profession in whatever they do. Least, they need to posses some humanitarian traits and give respect for everyone’s feelings.

Genelia shoots with Vijay in Chennai

On Sunday (June 6) afternoon Genelia and Vijay did a photo shoot for Jayam Raja’s new film Velayudham, at a studio in Saligramam.

A source close to the unit say that Vijay looks handsome in the pictures and the chemistry between the pair is rocking.
About two weeks back Hansika Motwani, the other heroine of the film did a shoot with Vijay for the same film.
Velayudham is a remake of the Telugu Nagarjuna- Soundarya Azad and has Genelia playing a news reporter and Hansika is a girl from the village. Vijay plays a larger than life modern Robinhood type of character.
Genelia has featured with Vijay earlier in Sachin, which was just an average grosser. Velayudham is a very important film for Vijay and is produced by Aascar Ravichandran.

Neetu Chandra in Vijay Velayudham

Indian actress Neetu Chandra, who is from Bihar, is all set to take on Vijay’s velayudham’. It is reported that the actress will be a doing a cameo role in this film, which is yet to finalize the female lead. 
According to sources, the female lead of “velayudham” is yet to be confirmed by director Raja. Director Raja is considering starlet Ileana, Genelia and Hansika as female lead in the movie. The story of the movie needs a heroine opposite o actor Vijay and a female to play he sister character to ilayapathi.

Indian actress Hansika motwani has been confirmed in one role, but the other post is still vacant and Ileana and Genelia are being considered for it. Meanwhile, there is news that director raja has approached actress Neetu Chandra for a cameo. The Bihari actress was in Chennai recently, for a discussion with director Mysskin. It was then that the director Raja approached. Sources, say that she is approached for a cameo role.

எனி டைம் ஸ்மைல்! -விஜய்யின் விசேஷ அப்ரோச்

வேலூரில் படப்பிடிப்பை முடித்துவிட்டு சென்னைக்கு திரும்பிவிட்டது காவல்காரன் டீம். சற்றே பிரேக் எடுத்துக் கொண்டாலும், எடுத்தவரைக்கும் எப்படியிருக்கிறது என்பதை பார்க்க ஆர்வம் காட்டினாராம் விஜய். உடனடியாக 'டெலிசினி' செய்து ரைக்டரும் இவரும் பார்த்திருக்கிறார்கள். அது போகட்டும்...

அங்குள்ள கல்லூரி ஒன்றில்தான் பதினைந்து நாட்களாக நடந்தது படப்பிடிப்பு. கல்லூரி காம்பவுண்டிற்குள்ளேயே தங்கியிருந்தார்கள் அசினும் விஜய்யும். (தனித்தனி ரூம்லதாங்க) இந்த தனியார் கல்லூரியின் தாளாளர், விஜய்யின் ஃபேன் என்பதால் நம்ம காட்டேஜையே எடுத்துக் கோங்க என்று விட்டுக் கொடுத்தாராம். இதே வசதியுள்ள இன்னொரு காட்டேஜில் அசின்.

காலையில் டாண் என்று படப்பிடிப்புக்கு வந்துவிடும் விஜய், கன்னாபின்னாவென்று கடுப்பாகிவிடுகிற அளவுக்குதான் அமைந்ததாம் ஒவ்வொரு நாளும். ஆனால் அவரது முகத்தில் அநியாயத்துக்கு சாந்தம். என்னாச்சு? தினமும் ஒரு மணி நேரம் லேட்டாகதான் ஷ§ட்டிங் ஸ்பாட்டுக்கே வருவாராம் அசின். இவருக்காக ஒரு மணி நேரமாக வெயிட் பண்ணுகிற ஹீரோ முகத்தில் துளியூண்டு எரிச்சல் வரணுமே? ம்ஹ¨ம்!

குளுகுளு குரோட்டன்சுல வென்னீர் ஊத்துற அளவுக்கு விவரமில்லாதவரா விஜய்? அப்புறம்.... பதினைஞ்சு நாளும் இப்படிதான் போச்சு பொழுது!

விஜய் பட விழாவில் ஷாருக்கான் -விடமாட்டோம்னு ஒரு கோஷம்!

இம்மாத இறுதியில் விஜய் நடிக்கும் 'வேலாயுதம்' படத்தின் துவக்க விழாவை நேரு ஸ்டேடியத்தில் நடத்தப் போகிறார் தயாரிப்பாளர் ஆஸ்கர் ரவிச்சந்திரன். 'விஜய் மார்க்கெட் இறங்கிருச்சு' என்ற டமார கோஷத்தை அவரது ரசிகர்களின் கைதட்டல்களை கொண்டே அடக்குகிற திட்டம்தான் இந்த பிரமாண்ட துவக்கவிழா. வெளியூர் ரசிகர்களுக்கும் அழைப்பு வைக்கப் போகிறார்களாம். அதனால் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட தினத்தில் சென்னை டிராபிக்குக்கு மறுபடியும் ஒரு கர்பகால வலியும் மூச்சிரைப்பும் நிச்சயம்!

அது போகட்டும்... இந்த விழாவிலும் ஒரு பிரச்சனை. துவக்க விழாவுக்கு வருகை தந்து வாழ்த்துமாறு அழைக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறார் இந்தி நடிகர் ஷாருக்கான். இலங்கை விவகாரத்தில் தமிழர்கள் குறித்து அவர் வெளியிட்டிருக்கும் சில கருத்துக்கள் சிங்களவர்களுக்கு ஆதரவாக இருப்பதால் இந்த நிகழ்ச்சிக்கு அவர் வருவதை விரும்பவில்லையாம் இந்து மக்கள் கட்சி. ஷாருக்கான் வந்தால் கருப்புக் கொடி காட்ட திட்டமிட்டிருக்கிறார்கள் இக்கட்சியினர்.

இதை கேள்விப்பட்ட ஆஸ்கர் ரவிச்சந்திரன் ஷாருக்கானை அழைப்பதா, வேண்டாமா என்ற குழப்பத்திலிருக்கிறாராம். பல வருஷம் கழிச்சு புலி வேஷம் போட்டா, வாலுல நெருப்பு வச்சுதாம் விதி!

Kaavalkaran to compete with Endhiran?

Ilayathalapathy Vijay's 51st film Kaavalkaran, a remake of Malayalam hit Bodyguard starring Dileep and Nayantara, will reportedly compete with Shankar's magnum opus Endhiran at the box office in August.

Kaavalkaran is directed by Siddique (of Friends fame), who directed the original version. Kaavalkaran has a plot with plenty of comedy and action. The film also brings back Asin to Kollywood after a gap.

Ilayathalapathy Vijay Profile

Actor Name	Vijay
Actor Full Name	Joseph Vijay
Family	S.A. Chandrasekharan-Father, Shobha Chandrasekharan-Mother, Sangeetha- wife, Sanjay -Son
Date of birth	June 22nd , 1974
First Film	Naalaiya Theerppu in Tamil
Awards	Kalaimamani award in 1998, Tamil nadu state Best Hero award in 1997 for Kaadhalukku Mariyadhai.
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar is an Indian film actor. Vijay began his career doing minor roles as a child artist in the Tamil cinema industry, while also attending a theatre for stage plays, to follow his dream to act. After five years of minor and unnoticed roles in Tamil language films, he gained Indian cinema’s attention in 1996 by playing the role of Raja in Poove Unakkaga.  His first blockbuster and since then Vijya has acted in over forty Indian films, with his main intention being Tamil language ventures, earning him the prestigious title of Ilayathalapathy in 1996. The title name is now mentioned in the credits of all his projects. Vijay is currently the third most popular Indian actor of Tamil origin in the world after, senior actors, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth.   He comes from a family which has strong experience in the film industry. S. A. Chandrasekar, his father, is a popular director and mother Shobha is an accomplished playback singer. He performs predominantly in leading roles in high-budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers. His most popular films include Poove Unakkaga in 1996, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai in 1997, Ghilli in 2004, and Pokkiri in 2007. Vijay made his debut as a child in the film, vetri. His first film, as hero, was Naalaya Theerpu. Vijay hit films like poove Unakkaga, Love Today, Nerrukku Ner, Once More, Kadhalukku Mariyathai, Ninaithen Vandhai, Endrendrum Kadhal and Thulladha Manamum Thullum have, one after the other, helped him to established himself as the next Tamil Super Star. Vijay has also appeared in several commercial like Coca-Cola & Sunfeast Milky Magic Biscuit. Vijay is the youngest actor to have won the MGR award from the Tamil Nadu Gouvernment and Kalaimamani award. Vijay latest hits include Khushi, Priyamanavale, Madhuray, Ghilli and Pokkiri which directed by Prabhu Deva, is declared a blockbuster in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Vijay Velayudham Movie Cast

Vijay’s 52nd movie has been titled as Velayudham and it is being directed by Jeyam Raja. Now details about the cast and crew of the movie has out finally. Velayudham is being produced by Ravichandran who has earlier produced Kamal Haasan’s “Dasavatharam’ and Surya starrer “Vaaranam Aayiram’.
Genelia D’Souza and Kajal Aggarwal is said be Vijay’s heroine in the film Velayudham . Subramanium Swathi will play Vijay’s sister role. Harris Jayaraj will score music for the film.
Velayudham Movie Cast:

Cast: Vijay, Genelia D’Souza, Kajal Aggarwal, Swathi
Directed by: M. Raja
Produced by: Venu Ravichandran
Written by: M. Raja
Music by: Harris Jayaraj

Triple offer from Vijay

Vijay is at an important cross road now. With controversies and criticisms mounting Ilaya Thalapathi has finally decided to put everything to rest and make every body happy.

As the first step Vijay has decided to release three films this year to make the theatre owners happy. Siddique's ‘Kaavalkaran’ is 60% complete and is generating good trade talk so far. ‘Jayam’ Raja is also ready for ‘Velayudham’ and there will be an official announcement next week.

Also there is news about Vijay giving his consent to do the remake of ‘3-Idiots’ in Tamil. It’s likely that Vijay will announce this at the launch function of ‘Velayudham’.

With these sudden developments the theatre owners are convinced and are ready for Vijay films again.

Box Office

Chennai Box Office Collections from May 21st 2010 to May 23rd 2010

Cast: Vijay, Tamannah Direction: SP Rajkumar Music: Mani Sharma Production: Sangili Murugan

Vijay’s four-fights, two-songs, and five-emotional scenes routine takes a different setting in Sura. But for others, this movie is a manifestation of his other potboilers. Trade Talk: Not gung-ho about the returns. What with promising movies releasing back to back at the box office, Sura is not able to stand the test of time. Public Talk: Nobody seems to be taking this shark seriously. No. Weeks Completed: 3 No. Shows in Chennai over this weekend: 93 Average Theatre Occupancy over this weekend: 47% Collection over this weekend in Chennai: Rs. 9,62,337 Total collections in Chennai: Rs.3.22 Crore Verdict: Average

‘POO’ PARVATHY’S ROLE IN THE VIJAY-STARRER

Who gets to bag this sister role remains the million dollar question in Kollywood. While some sources say that Saranya Mohan is under consideration, a few others point to ‘Poo’ Parvathy.

	The actress impressed the movie buffs with her exemplary performance in Poo but did not take up any offers in Kollywood due to unsuitable roles coming her way. Looks like Parvathy also has a strong chance of bagging this character.

Sura - A familiar fish

Expectations were great, grand and splendid for 'Sura'. This being Vijay's 50th film and it brings together Vijay, Tamannah and Vadivelu for the first time. Directed by S P Rajakumar, 'Sura' as the title suggests is a movie that is set in a fishing hamlet and the actor playing a good Samaritan to usher welfare in the lives of fisher folk.

A movie which underlines the political aspirations and ambitions of Vijay is a big one for his fans for he is achieving a milestone - completing his golden jubilee movie. A mass hero known for his big box office collections, the actor has a known path that he traverses in the recent times. 'Sura' too is no different. He is literally the one-man army who romances, fights, tries humour and challenges the baddie only to emerge triumphant in the end.

Interestingly, the actor has this time chosen to join hands with S P Rajakumar who has made a name for himself doing comedy films and that too with Vadivelu in the team. The trio has ensured that it is a light-hearted fare, right from the word go with enough thrills and spills.

'Sura' is a story that is set in Yaazh Nagar, a fishermen hamlet in coastal Tamil Nadu. The name of the place has a lot of political significance with the recent political turmoil over the ethnic strife in the neighbouring Sri Lanka. Sura (Vijay) is born and brought up here and he is obviously the darling of the masses in the area.

He, in the company of his friend (Vadivelu), who is another fisher folk, brings the roof down in laughter. Their one-liners are hilarious. Meanwhile, our hero comes across young bubbly Poornima (Tamannah) who chooses to end her life unable to cope with the death of her pet dog.

Slowly, as expected she gets attracted towards Sura thanks to his good deeds. Finally romance blossoms between them. When things seem to go well, trouble enters in the form of a greedy and corrupt Minister Samuthira Raja (Dev Gill). He wants to usurp the land where these fishermen live. His attempts to take away the wealth is resisted by Sura. They cross swords with each other.

The Minister hatches a conspiracy to bump off Sura with the help of his Ministerial post and authority and unleashes cops against him. But a man of guts and determination, he takes on them single-handedly. Who emerges the winner is the climax? Please watch the movie for the answer!

Vijay is as usual cool, bubbly and enthusiastic. He is energetic and a livewire on screen. He seems to have begun from where he left in 'Vettaikkaran'. He utters punch lines with indirect thrust on his political aspirations. However at many places, the actor reminds his earlier films from 'Pokkiri' to 'Kuruvi' to 'Vettaikkaran'. Tamannah is as usual cool and bubbly. She appears right there to romance and to dance for a couple of songs on screen.

Vadivelu is a real scene stealer as ‘Umbrella’. His body language, one-liners, punch lines and wits evoke instant laughter. He seems to share a good chemistry with Vijay. Riyaz Khan, Ilavarasu among others do their part well. The movie’s baddie in Dev Gill wins all accolades. He is menacing all through.

Mani Sharma knows the pulse and taste of Vijay-fans as he has loaded the film with tracks that are racy and riveting from the word go. Produced by Sangili Murugan and presented by Sun Pictures, the movie is more targeted at Vijay fans and has scenes to appease them.

Sura- Strictly for Vijay fans.

Vijay, 'Velayudham', Nehru Stadium

The Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai has of late become a preferred destination of biggies in Kollywood to host film-related functions in the sprawling structure, which could house thousands at a time.

And now, Aascar Ravichandran, producer of Vijay's 52nd film tentatively titled 'Velayudham', is planning to hold the movie's launch function at the stadium, in the presence of big guns of the industry.

Remember Ravichandran conducted the audio launch function of Kamal Haasan's K S Ravikumar directed 'Dasavatharam' in the same place, and the event was attended by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and Jackie Chan among others.

It is said that the launch of the movie directed by 'Jayam' Raja would be held at the Nehru Stadium by June and those at Aascar are busy making arrangements for the grand event.

Genelia bags Vijay film

Genelia wasn’t lucky when she landed in Kollywood few years ago. Today she may not be counted in the ranks of Priyanka Chopra or Katrina Kaif in Bollywood but Genelia is still a charming favourite for many. Recently her success in Bollywood was repeated in Kollywood also. Her last film in Tamil 'Santosh Subramaniam' was a super hit and her jinx in Kollywood was broken for ever.

Her second round in Kollywood is gaining momentum. After the success of ‘Santosh Subramaniam’ she bagged ‘Uthamaputhiran’ opposite Dhanush and now she has got an even bigger film.

‘Jayam’ Raja who gave Genelia her first hit in Tamil has signed her for his film with Vijay. Vijay's 52nd film which is tentatively titled 'Velayudham' will be her next big thing. ‘Jayam’ Raja was particular that Genelia play the role because of her bubbly attitude which the character also wants very much. This is Genelia’s second film opposite Vijay after ‘Sachin’.

Who’s that Vijay girl?

The works for Vijay's new film ‘Velayudham’ directed by ‘Jayam’ Raja is silently progressing even as Vijay is busy with ‘Kaavalkaran’. A grand launching ceremony at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium is also being worked out by Aascar Ravichandran of Aascar films.

Meanwhile the gripping buzz at the moment is the choice of heroines. Sources close to the film say ‘Velayudham’ will have two heroines and there are three girls under discussion. Genelia who earlier did ‘Sachin' with Vijay, Hansika Motwani who has become a hot heroine even before the release her first Tamil film ‘Mappillai’ opposite Dhanush and Kajal Agarwal who is high on the priority list after ‘Mahadheera’.

‘Jayam’ Raja is likely to announce the final cast as early as this month end.

Madhi to shoot Vijay

Cameraman Madhi who started off with ‘Punnagai Desam’ is going from strength to strength. He has done a variety of films of different genre to showcase his ability. Oru Kalluriyin Kadhai, Ninaithale, Silambattam are some of Madhi's earlier films.

Films like Veyil and Nepali brought feathers to the cap of Madhi. And with ‘Paiyaa’ Madhi has become one of the hot shot cameramen in demand.

Now Madhi is in the big league after ‘Jayam’ Raja signing him to shoot Vijay in ‘Velayudham’. After Karthi, Madhi has got the opportunity to work with another major star. ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ will be Madhi’s second film with Karthi.

Vijay is Siddique's actor

After a long time a Vijay film is progressing without his regular codes in place. Heavy mettle intro song, punch dialogues, flying villains etc are put on the side by Siddique in ‘Kaavalkaran’, sources say.

With criticisms from all over for his regular routine flicks of late Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay has finally given into his director. In ‘Kaavalkaran’ it is the director who is calling the shots, they say. There won’t be a intro song elevating hero to a super hero or punch dialogues at the wrong places or villains flying all over at a breath of the hero in ‘Kaavalkaran’.

So as clay in the hands of God Vijay has submitted himself into the hands of Siddique. The sudden shift of attitude may be surprising for many but all Vijay lovers are seeing this as a change for the better.

After the earlier Siddique-Vijay combo ‘Friends’ is an all time classic. We expect them to repeat the feat.